Silly Season 2013/14

[Hail22]

According to Ilta Sanomat, Kimi has already made a decision to go to Ferrari - http://www.iltasanomat.fi/formula1/art- ... 11747.html

If that's true that is creepy...as he went to Ferrari at the turn of the V10 era to V8's in which he won the title in 2007...once more if true...will he win the 2014 title?

[max_speed]

looks a fair possibility :
http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/ ... sh_report/

that does mean Fernando is going to switch to redbull ?. i don't think ferrai can afford to put raikonen next to fernando. they have always been philosophy of No:1-2 driver

[max_speed]

may be a move like this can inspire Ferrari a bit :

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/ ... f_GT_team/

[CBeck113]

If that is true then Lotus can get Petrov back - he was mostly consistant and brings lots of cash from Russia, which is what Boullier has been waiting for...

[Chuckjr]

If Fred goes and Kimi comes to Ferrari, who gets the Ferrari #2 seat? Hulk maybe?

[StrikeForceF1]

Come on do you guys really believe all the Bull manure about Fernando leaving Ferrari, a team which is right now built around him. Why should he leave a team where he is undisputed no. 1 and current Legend and go to a team to play second fiddle to finger boy who he is competing against. Do you think Nando is stupid enough not to see all the shananigans Redbull get up to in giving their beloved Finger boy No. 1 status added that Mark and Nando are suposedly friends, and who knows better about Redbull's deciet than Mark. Remember multi 21 seb, Yeah multi 21.....

Plus at Ferrari, Nando has his biggest Fan in the world as the president of Ferrari. Yes Nando is rated very highly by all in the paddock and every single team owner/principle you ask would sign Nando in a second. Do you also believe that LdM will re-hire Kimi...a man who he supposedly Fired ! ! ...and do you in all honesty believe that No Political S**t Kimi would go to one of the most political teams in F1. Yes Ferrari do produce Front running machinery and as yet if memory serves me correct have been at or near the front since the turn of the centuary. I think they are the most consitant front runner, running up front for the most years in the 2000's. Ferrari had a great opening stint to the 21st centuary but the law of averages means that they should falter for a while and someone else will dominate and they will have their time again. It has happened all through F1 that no team has dominated for 10 years or 20 years or 50 years....they have their periods and than someone else has their turn.

In Ferrari, Nando has a guarentee that he will be always be number 1 and almost certainly he will have a front running car, sure Ferrari have fallen back in the last few races and it hurts me too, being one of the tifosi, but look at the circumstances, the tyre changes which should not have happened. The tyres were the same for the whole grid in the begining of the year and because 1 or 2 teams did a bad job and alot of lobbying the tyres were changed and thus however small way suite those teams better and are dominating at present. Sure Ferrari have to come up with asolution but its not Fair to blame Ferrari for not performing.

Nando knows his best chance is with Ferrari and have recently made some key aquisitions in the technical side...and with the rule changes next season Ferrari and Fernado would be wise to stick with each other as they have a very good understanding of each other.

[sennafan24]

Reports in Finland believe that Kimi is going to choose Ferrari.

http://f1pulse.com/news/201308137/raikk ... ish-report

Very interesting.

[CBeck113]

Even if Kimi comes to SF doesn't mean that Fred has to leave...

[Jonnycraig]

Interesting myth about Ricciardo is how 'fast' he is.

I would not be so absolute into saying his speed is a "myth" some of his qualifying performances this year have been outstanding, like the one that got a veteran like Button to say "wow" in disbelief.

You could argue that there is a myth that he is consistently fast.

See above, the qualifying performances have routinely been Vergne making mistakes or overworking the tyres rather than Ricciardo showing the mythical speed.

Arguably the fact Vergne has been in a different league to Ricciardo in wet/mixed condition qualifying, along with him ending the overwhelming majority of practice sessions faster show he is the quicker driver.

[Hobbs04]

What if Ricciardo tends to set his car up differently then vergne? Maybe Ricciardo sets the car up for starting up front not race. Obviously Vergne has the ability to gain places in the race. Perhaps Ricciardo style needs him to start further to front thus the better race car for quali. Maybe Vergne should tweet his telemetry after spa quali.

[sennafan24]

See above, the qualifying performances have routinely been Vergne making mistakes or overworking the tyres rather than Ricciardo showing the mythical speed.

Arguably the fact Vergne has been in a different league to Ricciardo in wet/mixed condition qualifying, along with him ending the overwhelming majority of practice sessions faster show he is the quicker driver.

I think the hefty margin between them in qualifying might, and I stress might be due great to put it down to overworking the tyres.

You do have point that Vergne tops him in practice/wet conditions though.

[Vanja #66]

The way I see it, Ferrari has Alonso pinned with their contract, Domenicalli was insisting on it every time he was asked about Fernando leaving Scuderia... Also, Alonso was the main man to decide about Ferrari's 2013. driver, he "earned" that right in 2010, when Ferrari messed up in Abu Dhabi, so this isn't the case this year... Ferrari needs a strong line-up for next year, and this line-up is in my opinion the optimal line-up with current drivers. Alonso is a must have, and both Vettel and Lewis would want to get inside the team as much as possible, just like him, and that's where conflict could arise. Kimi isn't interested with that (after 2007. Australia qualy he went to his hotel to watch hockey, Finland was playing, after only 30 minutes of after-session debrief with the technicians when he took pole), as far as he is concerned he would like to have to sit in the car, use FP sessions to set it up, and after the race to go home and let someone else do the debrief.

Also, Ferrari has a lot of money for him, 15 million EUR as I read somewhere, while Vettel's payment for this season is around 12 million...

[Kiril Varbanov]

Kimi to Ferrari rumor is currently trending on Twitter. Someone please enlighten me who is behind the moniker 'thejudge13' who seem to spread that... I'm not saying true or false - just curious.

[Websta]

Do you also believe that LdM will re-hire Kimi...a man who he supposedly Fired ! !

Yes. He's the best driver on the market at the moment. And Ferrari can't afford Red Bull to have a Raikkonen/Vettel duo. Ferrari should be pursuing Raikkonen strongly, and if their past is anything to go by, they will be willing to pay more than any other team for his services.

...and do you in all honesty believe that No Political S**t Kimi would go to one of the most political teams in F1.

Yes. You forget one thing: Ferrari paid Kimi Raikkonen well over 100 million dollars (probably closer to 200 million) for four seasons. Why on Earth would he not go back if they offer another lucrative deal? He's a professional athlete with big bills to pay for the rest of his life. I really think he will go to the highest bidder, which I think will be Ferrari.

If you believe the rumours about all the teams looking to sign him, Kimi must have so much leverage that he could get a killer contract. No wonder it's taking so long

[Hail22]

Kimi to Ferrari rumor is currently trending on Twitter. Someone please enlighten me who is behind the moniker 'thejudge13' who seem to spread that... I'm not saying true or false - just curious.

It's the summer break, what else do you expect to hear from media outlets?

I would say Ferrari will trend to Jules Bianchi, Nico Hulkenberg.....and the rumor windmill keeps spinning during this summer break.

Edit: Ferrari will most likely rename Massa or his replacement by Monza as September / October teams would like a rough idea of their driver lineup in order to set up for 2014.